19 November 2021Virtual Event via ZoomHost: Victoria University of Wellington (VUW)
Programme Overview
This is the first workshop on MBIE SSIF/Catalyst Programmes on Data Science in New Zealand.
The brief programme of the workshop is as follows.
| Time |
Schedule |
Chair |
| 9:30-10:00 |
Opening |
Mengjie Zhang |
| 10:00-12:00 |
Presentation from each programme -- key members, major progress, achievements, and challenges |
Chris Dean |
| 12:00-12:30 |
Lunch break |
|
| 12:30-13:00 |
Discussion on recruitment of postdocs and postgraduate students and researcher skill development: experience and challenges |
Albert Bifet |
| 13:00-13:30 |
Discussion on Mātauranga in the science system |
Peter-Lucas Jones |
| 13:30-14:00 |
Discussion on cooperation and collaboration: experience and challenges |
Danette Olsen |
| 14:00-14:30 |
Updates |
Danette Olsen |
| 14:30-14:45 |
Closing |
Danette Olsen |
A detailed agenda/programme of the workshop can be found at the
link .
The notes for the workshop can be found at the
link (password is needed).
Attendees and Photos
The Organising Team
Danette Olsen, Alice Tappenden, Neb Svrzikapa, Terence Hikawai
Chris Dean, Mengjie Zhang, Ying Bi, Fangfang Zhang
Presentations/Talks and Slides
Strategic Science Investment Fund - MBIE
| Programme |
Leader/Presenter |
Slides |
| Time-Evolving Data Science/Artificial Intelligence for Advanced Open Environmental Science |
Albert Bifet |
Slides |
| A Language Platform for a Multilingual Aotearoa |
Peter-Lucas Jones |
Slides |
| Beyond Prediction: Explanatory and Transparent Data Science |
Mark Gahegan |
Slides |
| Data Science for Aquaculture |
Mengjie Zhang |
Slides |
Catalyst Fund - MBIE
| Programme |
Leader/Presenter |
Slides |
| Advanced Graph Analytics for Human Brain Connectivity |
Miao Qiao |
Slides |
| Natural Language Processing for Q&A in Indigenous/Vernacular Languages |
Ruili Wang |
Slides |
| Bridging the Gap between Remote Sensing and Tree Modelling with Data Science |
Jan Schindler |
Slides |
| Computational Neuro-genetic Modelling for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Mental Health |
Maryam Doborjeh and Nik Kasabov |
Slides |
Discussions
- Updates on Mid-term Review by Catherine Hunter Slides
- Collaboration and cooperation in the programme of Data Science for Aquaculture by Ross Vennell Slides
- National AI Strategy/White Paper PDF
Video of Workshop
The workshop video is shared. A password is needed to access the video (expired by 24 May 2022):
video link
Next year
The 2022 NZ Data Science Platform Workshop on MBIE SSIF/Catalyst Programmes will be organised by the team from the University of Waikato.
